Is Tianhou Palace in Quanzhou fun? What are the attractions in Quanzhou Tianhou Palace?

Shanmen

The original Shanmen Circus was demolished due to road construction. In March 1990, it was rebuilt with donations from the Tianhou Temple and various committee members in Lukang, Taiwan. Today, the Xuehengxing Gate in Jinjiang County was moved to the Qing Dynasty as a mountain gate with a wide face of five bays. It has an archway-style shape, carved and painted wooden brackets, bluestone dragon pillars, stone carved unicorns on both sides, Chihu windows, double eaves on the roof, four slopes, and a ridge. The reverse-warped porcelain carving of eight dragons and two crocodiles has its horns and ridges shaped like a phoenix tail that stretches and curls. The lines are soft and graceful, and the overall structure is gorgeous and spectacular. The stage is connected to the eaves behind the mountain gate, facing south and facing north, with a wooden caisson roof. The carved ridges and painted rafters are small and exquisite, with Quanzhou's unique artistic style.

East-West Buildings

Immediately on both sides of the mountain gate are the East-West Buildings, the so-called "Qin Palace and Han Palace" to show the dignity of Tianhou Palace. The building is a two-story pavilion, facing the thoroughfare, with two towering floors. The upper floor is divided into bells and drums, and the downstairs is decorated with two statues of the clairvoyant and the windy ear, which are majestic and solemn.

The Tin Hau Main Hall

The Tin Hau Main Hall has gone through many vicissitudes, but the wooden buildings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties are still well preserved and retain the components from the past. The main hall covers an area of ??635.5 square meters; it is built on a platform base, 1 meter above the ground. It is made of granite stone and has a "carp" logo embossed on the waist.

>The fish transforms into a dragon", the lion, the four treasures of the study "Eight Jun Yunhuo", the fairy family's magic weapon, the crane dancing in the clouds, the treasure covered lotus and other pictures are two-dimensional space dynamic artistic modeling, skilled carving knife skills, vivid and lively, showing its The supremacy of the priesthood and the affiliation of the church. The wooden beam frame in the hall stands on round granite stone pillars. The capitals are embossed with lotuses and buckets, and the supporting beams of the brackets are picked out to serve as nine beams. The architectural structure is quite special, with rich spatial changes, curved doors and windows, and exquisite carvings. , the decorations are rich and colorful, including geometric patterns, flowers, aquatic animals, birds and animals. There are phoenixes playing peonies on the supporting parts, and Ruyi Visiting the Heart in the Shouliang Dynasty, which represents the female temple. The paint in the hall uses red ground to depict alternate patterns of Zhongli and Ruyi, one of the "Eight Warm Immortals". The green space is carved with colorful patterns of passion lotus and magpie climbing plum blossoms, which are symbols of auspiciousness. Some patterns are exotic animals, which means "longevity". The foundation reliefs in the hall are even more dazzling. The Eight Horses, Eight Treasures, Fugu Birds, Dragons and various flowers represent aquatic fish and dragons flying in the air and dancing in the waves, competing with flowers. These are all patterns that express Taoist themes, symbolizing good fortune, longevity and good fortune. The objects serve as a backdrop to present the extraordinary realm of the immortal family.

The roof of the palace

The roof of the palace is built in the shape of a mountain with nine ridges and double eaves falling into the water on all sides. The main ridge is the highest point of the Tianhou Hall, and the two ends of the palace are decorated with colorful porcelain double dragons playing with pearls. The shape is exquisite. The luster is bright and expresses the supreme theme of the entire Spinosaurus. The four forked spines are combined with a phoenix pattern, corresponding to the dragon and phoenix that represent the auspiciousness of the spine. On the back, there are character stories, accompanied by dragons, phoenixes, unicorns, basalts, and double tigers, which reflect good luck and celebration. The symbol of longevity is one of the unique architectural arts in southern Fujian.

Bedroom

The east and west corridors, the two pavilions and the sleeping hall are all allocated special funds by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage! Restoration and restoration. The east and west corridors originally housed the Twenty-Four Divisions of Gods, but are now the exhibition rooms of the Fujian-Taiwan Relations History Museum. The dormitory hall is also called the back hall, and its terrain is more than 1 meter higher than the main hall. The protruding parts on both sides are set as wings and left and right dining halls. The entire temple is a large wooden building of the Ming Dynasty. The roof is a hanging wedge on two slopes. It is seven rooms wide, 35.1 meters wide, 19.8 meters deep, and about 8 meters high. The wooden beams are thick and simple, and the large wooden columns are placed on the reliefs. On the circular stone base of lotus petal granite, the eaves column in front of the temple preserves a pair of sixteen-sided bluestone carved pillars from a Hindu temple in the Yuan Dynasty. It is estimated that it was placed during renovations in the Ming Dynasty. There are wooden pillars connected to the pillars, and there is a couplet engraved on them: "Magical power protects the sea, and water virtue matches the universe." On the front, there was originally a horizontal plaque with the book "Houde Peitian" written by Zhang Rui, a great calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty. It is currently under construction and is a national treasure of wooden architecture.

Museum

The Museum of the History of Fujian-Taiwan Relations built in the palace is a thematic museum that reflects the historical relationship between the motherland (Fujian) and the treasure island of Taiwan. The museum collects a large number of precious historical relics and folk cultural relics, and has held exhibitions such as the "Fujian and Taiwan Traditional Folk Art Exhibition", "Quanzhou Ancient and Modern Calligraphy Book Exhibition", and "Fujian and Taiwan Folk Customs Photography Exhibition".

Quanzhou Xiazhou Mazu Palace

Lukang Tianhou Palace presented a statue of the god to Quanzhou Xiazhou Mazu Palace

Xiazhou Mazu Palace is a place where Mazu is worshiped in Quanzhou. In the previous stage, due to road construction in Quanzhou urban area, this old palace, which has a history of three to four hundred years, was moved and rebuilt. During the reconstruction process of the new Mazu Palace, it received support from many Mazu believers at home and abroad, especially compatriots in Taiwan. Yesterday morning, believers from the Tianhou Temple in Lukang, Taiwan, made a special trip to Quanzhou to donate the Mazu statue to the newly built Xiazhou Mazu Temple.

This Mazu statue is exquisitely carved from stone and has a kind face. Regarding the enthusiasm of Mazu believers in Taiwan, Cai Jingmin, director of the Xiazhou Mazu Palace Preparatory Committee, said: "When we were building new temples, Taiwan organized groups to come here dozens of times, especially Lukang Tianhou Temple, Penghu Tianhou Temple, and Chiayi Tianhou Palace.”

It is understood that the major Tianhou Palaces in Taiwan have long been in contact with Quanzhou Tianhou Palace. In the Tianhou Palace in both places, there are plaques given to each other decades ago, and the exchanges between Lugang Tianhou Palace and Quanzhou are even deeper.

This time, the Mazu statue donated by Lukang Tianhou Palace is on the one hand as a landmark of Xiazhou Mazu Palace, and on the other hand, it is placed in an orientation specifically facing the estuary of Quanzhou Bay. Facing the Quanzhou Bridge, Jinjiang Bridge and other traffic arteries, let Mazu bless people traveling.

Stone Stele

"Begging Turtle" Activity at Quanzhou Tianhou Palace and Xiazhou Mazu Palace

Yesterday morning, the Xiazhou Mazu Palace and Quanzhou Tianhou Palace in the urban area held "Begging Turtle" activities were held successively in the Year of the Tiger.

Xiazhou Mazu Palace

Receive red eggs after crossing Ping'an Bridge

At 9 o'clock yesterday morning, the eye-dotting ceremony of the "Begging Turtle" activity at Xiazhou Mazu Palace began. The guests put their eyes on the big "rice turtle", which also means that the six-day "turtle begging" activity at Xiazhou Mazu Palace has officially begun. Nearly a thousand citizens and tourists who came after hearing the news walked across the "Peace Bridge" which symbolizes peace and auspiciousness. Each person who "crossed the bridge" also received two hard-boiled red eggs, hoping to eat this symbol of 'peel'. After getting rid of the unlucky red eggs in previous years, I wish you peace and success in the new year.

Mr. Yu, the person in charge of Xiazhou Mazu Palace, said that with the help of Penghu Tianhou Palace, Xiazhou Mazu Palace holds turtle praying folk cultural activities, and such activities will continue to be held in the future.